Mentallity Health

Patients at the Galuh foundation for people with mental health conditions in East Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. Galuh foundation founded by a 96 years old Gendu Mulatif on 1982. Belief in black magic is commonplace in Indonesia, where there is limited education about mental health issues, with traditional healers instead consulted for apparent sufferers. 2007 figures suggest that 4.6% of the nation suffers from serious mental disorders. The country's population now stands at around 230 million, with only around 700 psychiatrists at 48 psychiatric hospitals available to help treat those affected. With such limited care, sufferers instead usually turn to black magic and are taken to 'dukuns' or healers who are believed to have magical powers.